Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts

Edited by John Oberdiek

Provide a snapshot of cutting edge work in tort law theory, offering a roadmap of the main debates and current issues in the field

Contains specially commissioned, all new essays by emerging and established scholars from a range of backgrounds including lawyers examining doctrinal theory and philosophers working on tort's moral foundations

Examines central puzzles in understanding the law of torts, including the role of responsibility and strict liability, the place of corrective justice in tort's moral foundations, and the role of law and economics in tort theory

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Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts

Edited by John Oberdiek

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Contemporary philosophy and tort law have long enjoyed a happy union. Tort theory today is an exceptionally active and wide ranging field within legal philosophy. This volume brings together established and emerging scholars from around the world and from varying disciplines that bring their distinct perspective to the philosophical problems of tort law. These ground breaking essays advance longstanding debates and open up new avenues of enquiry thus deepening and broadening the field. Contributions cover the major problematic areas of tort law, such as the relations between responsibility, fault, and strict liability; the morality of harm, compensation, and repair; and the relationship of tort with criminal and property law among many others.

Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts

Edited by John Oberdiek

Author Information

Edited by John Oberdiek, Professor of Law, Rutgers University

John Oberdiek is Professor at the Rutgers University School of Law. His is also a Director of the Rutgers Institute for Law and Philosophy, Associate Graduate Faculty in the Rutgers Department of Philosophy, Co-Editor of the journal Law and Philosophy, and has been a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton.

Contributors:

Larry Alexander, University of San DiegoKimberly Kessler Ferzan, Rutgers School of LawPeter Cane, Australian National UniversityRA Duff, University of MinnesotaDavid Enoch, The Hebrew University of JerusalemJohn Gardner, University of OxfordScott Hershovitz, University of Michigan Law SchoolGregory Keating, University of Southern CaliforniaRahul Kumar, Queen's University, CanadaJohn Oberdiek, Rutgers School of LawStephen Perry, University of Pennsylvania Linda Radzik, Texas A&M UniversityHanoch Sheinman, Bar-Ilan UniversityKen Simons, Boston University School of LawRobert Stevens, University of OxfordVictor Tadros, University of WarwickRichard Wright, Illinois Institute of TechnologyBenjamin Zipursky, Fordham University of New YorkJohn Goldberg, Harvard Law SchoolEric Claeys, George Mason UniversityAdam Scales, Rutgers Law SchoolMark Geistfeld, New York University

New in Paperback

Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts

Edited by John Oberdiek

Reviews and Awards

"Indeed, John Oberdiek has assembled nineteen thoughtful essays and provided an extremely helpful introduction, which together make an important contribution to the ongoing enterprise of understanding and evaluating tort law (and private law, more generally)." - Avihay Dorfman, INotre Dame Philosophical Reviews